Atlanta Suburbs and Car Accidents - a trend?

[acroyear]

This is the second time I've been to the 'burbs of Atlanta this year, and the second time that *every day* I have been here, I've witnessed a car accident either first-hand or being delayed by one.

Yesterday I was in delays for 2 of them.  The day before, one happened 3 cars right in front of me.

And this is all BEFORE the New Years Eve parties have started.  Most have been in broad daylight, usually at stoplight intersections where one person should be by virtue of a red light, giving the other the right of way.

So what gives?

Even driving in and around DC I can go for weeks without seeing one. Though the traffic reports certainly say they're happening, they don't happen on my 30-mile round trip to work and back, nor on my excursions into Maryland for morris practice and rarely (1 a season) to the faire in Annapolis.

Yet 1 extended weekend, 5 accidents, just like the extended Memorial Day weekend all those months ago, and I'm certainly expecting more tonite.

Comments

[piraterogue.livejournal.com]

You think that's bad, try commuting here. My daily avaerage of accidents driven past is 3. That includes weekend days where the furthest I get from my house is the grocery store 1/4 mile away. Also that does not include accidents that have no visible damage. I myself have averaged one rear-ending a year. That's me being rearended. Most of them no damage, but still that's insane. Now you understand why Atlanta is rated the absolute worst in the country for traffic.